157 year old woman 'discovered' in Indonesia.

She can't prove it, but her 108 year old daughter could provide some great testimony

http://www.torontosun.com/news/weird/2010/06/08/14306001.html

Census workers in Indonesia have come across a woman who claims to be 157 years old.

Don't believe her? You could always ask her 108-year-old adopted daughter.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) reports the woman, identified only as Turinah, lives in a small village on the island of Sumatra. She doesn't have identification papers because she burned them in 1965 so she wouldn't be connected to communists, she told authorities.

"There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono told global news agency AFP Monday.

AFP reported the woman still works around her home and has smoked clove cigarettes all her life.

"Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently," Sardjono said.

If it's true, it means the woman has outlived the only person verified to have lived more than 120 years. Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122.

RNW says Turinah claimed to be born in 1853 and is able to describe the huge eruption of the Krakatao volcano between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia in June 1883, which she said she saw with her own eyes.

In the year of her birth, street signs were authorized in San Francisco intersections for the first time, the first electric telegraph was used, the U.S. began minting $3 gold pieces and Giuseppe Verdi's Opera La Traviata premiered in Venice.

I'd hit it.

EDIT: It mentions Jeanne Calment in that article. I remember her in the earlier 90s as she only gave up smoking when she was 117 - the cigarette companies must have loved her for that...

I don't know if it's true, but it would be really cool if it was.

Census workers in Indonesia have come across a woman who claims to be 157 years old.

AFP reported the woman still works around her home and has smoked clove cigarettes all her life.

"Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no hearing problems.

DangerHiVoltage

I heard she has a living daughter that's over 100. What a family. :lol:

wow that's pretty interesting if it's true..

Ikinda doubt that she is that old, but she wouldnt have any reason to lie. Be very interesting is she is though.

I seriously doubt it. We need to see some kind of test or something to prove it.

I seriously doubt it. We need to see some kind of test or something to prove it.

hoola

I seriously doubt it. We need to see some kind of test or something to prove it.

I would hate to live that long.

I would hate to live that long.

metroidprime55

They should cut in her half and count her rings :P

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

I would hate to live that long.

Diablo-B

After awhile you start to wonder what happens after you die.

Anything come from "the Sun" paper are pretty much fake.... but it would be very cool if true.Dogswithguns

[QUOTE="Dogswithguns"]Anything come from "the Sun" paper are pretty much fake.... but it would be very cool if true.Pirate700

well if her daughter is actually 108 then she has to have broken the record because she couldnt have been 14 and adopted someone

If I am not in chronic agony and sickness all the time I would like to live that long. It says in the Bibla that, "I will not loom over man, for they will live 150 and they to must not loom over man." Something like that, so we're origionaly supposed to have extremely long life spans. If you're a reader, that is.

I blame all the pure garbage we eat and all the chemicals we douse ourselves in. It's not like the food and pharma corporations are against you.

I would hate to live that long.

metroidprime55

sounds like her quality of life is pretty good, though

I demand to see a picture of this woman.scorch-62

Pic of daughter and mom:

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"...and has smoked clove cigarettes all her life."

BINGO. Gentlemen, we have found the secret to longevity.

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

kidsmelly

are you from a 3rd world country?

[QUOTE="kidsmelly"]

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

TheShadowLord07

are you from a 3rd world country?

Yes I am using a third world computer.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"]I demand to see a picture of this woman.taj7575

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

kidsmelly

[QUOTE="kidsmelly"]

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

TheShadowLord07

are you from a 3rd world country?

... is she part tortoise?

If her life was completely free of stress and there wasn't any diseases where she lived, then yes, it would be believable. I mean, stress kills after all.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="kidsmelly"]

I am 190 years old, why no story on me.

Pirate700

are you from a 3rd world country?

I would hate to live that long.

metroidprime55

taj7575

I was under the impression that 150 was about the biological maximum for a human.
I want some carbon dating, or at least a cross section of her so we can count her rings.

Man, how did she get to live that old!!? :shock:ArmoredCore55

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

are you from a 3rd world country?

Silenthps